Honey

Analyze the setting of Royal, Indiana. How is the town depicted? How does the setting affect the narrative?

At the heart of Honey is the mystery of who Melody’s father is secretly calling “honey.” How does the novel explore the tropes of the mystery genre and what aspects does it subvert?

What is significant about Bee-Bee Churchill’s character and the role she occupies in the narrative? How is she characterized?

The novel features many different types of love: familial love, romantic love, friendship, and even the love between humans and their pets. What role does each type of love play in Melody’s narrative? How does the novel explore the nature of love and connection?

The past and the present are often in tension throughout the novel. How does the past influence the present in the lives of the characters? How do characters cope with the past in different ways?

Honey deals with difficult themes while trying to make them accessible to a middle-grade audience. What kind of narrative and literary techniques does Weeks use to make the story accessible for her young readers?

 Melody experiences a lot of personal growth during the course of the novel. How does she change over the narrative? What lessons does she learn?

The images of Mo’s recurring dream are revisited several times throughout the novel. What is the purpose of including the dream over and over, and how does it contribute to the novel’s main mystery? Are there any ways in which the dream is misleading?